Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2180. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Alexander II. 1855-1881. AV 5 Rubles. St. Petersburg mint; Paul Follendorf, mintmaster. Dated 1862. Double-headed imperial eagle with crown above, holding sceptre and orb, shield of St. George on breast with eight provincial coats-of-arms on wings / Legend and date. Bitkin 8; Uzdenikov 244; Severin 476; KM B26; Friedberg 163. In NGC slab, graded MS68. ($2500)